This is Ace. We are currently breeding Paris and Northstar to this handsome stud.
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Special Guest #1
This is Payday. He's staying with us for a few weeks while we breed our girls. Cashew is Payday's date while he is with us. We bred them on July 12th, and have since reintroduced the happy couple, and she wants nothing to do with him. Fingers crossed that she is indeed pregnant at this point. Ultrasound will be pending for confirmation.
Alpaca Run
The gates are closed across the road, creating a part of the run. This allows us to move the alpacas between pastures.
New Pastures and Fencing
This is the new pastures and fencing recently built. The grass is the new alpaca safe grass that we had to replant as our old grass had endophytes.
Closer View of Feeder
Paris and Northstar enjoying their grain. This feeder provides a tray for grain, and the hay doesn't fall into the alpaca's top knot.
Barn Cabinets
Installing cabinets in the utility barn. The barn will eventually have concrete floors and will serve as a work area, storage and will be used for shearing.
Barn Trench
Running water to the middle pasture. This now gives us water access at both pastures, plus at the barn.
Shelter and Pasture Construction
The beginnings of the initial pastures. We started with two pastures, but then split the boys pasture into two, and modified the center area to be used a back up pasture. We then had four pastures available.
Barn and Shelter Construction
This is how we started. The middle structure is the utility barn and the two structures on either side are the beginnings of the 3-sided alpaca shelters.
Thursday, July 17, 2008
The Ranch....before Alpacas
This a picture of the pasture area before the construction of ShaDo Alpacas began.
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